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Bottling
Livelihoods |
Dropping ground water levels and gross
soil pollution in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh,
prompt a fresh crop of protest actions against Coca-Cola.
For its part the corporation attempts to resolve the
conflict by ‘educating’ its critics, and
issuing tenuous claims against evidence of environmental
degradation. In this article Aman Sethi
uses investigative evidence procured by the Indian
national magazine Frontline, to illustrate the nuances
of the clash between Coca-Cola and the people most
harmed by its presence.
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Adivasis
Vs. Coca-Cola |
This article marks significant turning
points in the 3 year struggle against Coca- Cola’s
environmental record. Listing the events, the C.
R. Bijoy then goes on to ask what solutions
can be made available given that the state appears
to have divested itself of all autonomy in the face
of multi-national capital.
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Arrogance
and Impunity - Coca-Cola in India |
In this terse call to action, Amit
Srivastava documents the abuses of both Coke
and Pepsi: abuses that stretch from callous over-pollution
of the environment, unconcern about the health of
its consumers, and disregard for growing public opinion.
Providing quick facts useful for any activists’ gathering
or consciousness-raising movement, Ghadar present
Srivastava’s piece in the hope that its energy and
factual information can assist the numerous, anti-Coke
movements mushrooming around the world. Inquilab!
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Dump
Coca-Cola |
Despite Coca-Cola's devastating record
on human rights and the environment, it is business
as usual for universities lured by contract funding.
Shivali Tukdeo points towards the
unhealthy nexus between Coke and academic institutions,
under the shadow of corporate funding, which inspite
of worldwide student protests continue to disregard
the human condition that Coke directly and adversely
effects.
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